Positive
6.6
“The Gay Community's Response to AIDS”
This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government's failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed include playwrite Larry Kramer, People With AIDS Coalition co-founder Michael Callen (who died of AIDS in 1994), New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, as well as representatives from ACT-UP, Queer Nation and the Gay Men's Health Crisis.
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Part of AIDS Trilogy
3 films
Cast
16 people
Phil Zwickler
Self
Also in
Needle Nightmares
Larry Kramer
Self
Also in
Stories from the Plague
The Man on the Fifth Floor
Mike Shephard
Michael Lupetin
Michael Callen
Self
Known for
Pepe
Mike Kuchar
Also in
An Evil Town
Corruption of the Damned
Peter Staley
Self
Gary Eller
Self
Diamanda Galás
Self
Also in
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Conan the Barbarian
Jay Corcoran
Self
Also in
All the Rage
Birthday Time
John Finch
Self
Arnie Kantrowitz
Self
Also in
A Very Natural Thing
Rosa von Praunheim Director · Mike Kuchar Cinematographer Evan Estern Cinematographer
United States release May 4, 1990 · Produced in Germany · Production WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Production
WDR
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany
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Original title
Die Aids-Trilogie: Positiv – Die Antwort schwuler Männer in New York auf AIDS
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 10, 1990
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · May 4, 1990
Theatrical
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